Perfect Aussie slang website

[kendra]

I found the perfect website to translate our admittedly odd Oz language
Australian slang dictionary
its not missing a great many words, a few they don't have....
Crib (lunch)
Swy (two-up, a gambling game)
Flash as a rat /with a gold tooth (looking good)
Off like a Bondi tram (very fast)
Bargearse (putting on a little weight, old chap)
Dogs breakfast, looking like (messy, untidy, disorganised)
Truck, fell off the back of (stolen goods)
It also may help to know that "fanny" is a female's private parts and not a bottom,
and durex is a brand of sticky tape!

[newtoOZ]

Oh, great site! Those who are thinking about coming over here should study it, because someone can make a whole speech using only Aussie slang, and you won't get a word of it.

I always thought 'fell off the back of a truck' was American, largely associated with the Mafia. At least they always say it in Mafiosa movies, "Geeez, Vinnie, everything we own fell offa the back of a truck". Or maybe its a New York, New Jersey thing.

[kendra]

I Might be wrong about the truck phrase, I assumed it was an Oz saying because Ive heard older Aussies say it. They might have seen the same movies tho!

[scottishcelts]

"Aff ey bak ey a lorry" is definately Scottish, wev'e been saying that for donkey's years (where does that one come from?)

And Scotland is a very old country!

So where does "snowdroppin" come from? That's what i'd like to know!

[scottishcelts]

Seems as though we are all wrong. It's English!



source : phrases . org . uk

[newtoOZ]

English? Who knew?

One of the things Americans and I guess Canadians contend with is that not only are we dealing with the differences between Australian and English, but the differences between American and English. I'd love to find a similar website that would deal with English slang, and with words that are used differently.